Some people believe that they can control everything without any consequences, but that is nearly impossible. The play “A Midsummer's Night Dream” written by, William Shakespeare is reinterpreted by No Fear Shakespeare and Sparknotes. The play is set in Ancient Greece, a controlling father named Egeus attempted to exert too much control over his daughter which led to catastrophic consequences to ensue. Chaos will ensue when there is too much control exerted. Egeus attempted to exert too much control over his daughter Hermia by forcing her to marry somebody she did not love, this causes chaos to ensue. Egeus went to Theseus, the Duke of Athens because Hermia would not marry the man Egeus wanted, Egeus said, ¨And, my gracious duke, be it so she will not here before you're …show more content…
Oberon creates his plan to get the Indian boy from Titania he says, ¨Having once this juice, I’ll watch Titania when she is asleep and drop the liquor of it in her eyes. The next thing then she looks upon be it a lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, on meddling monkey or on busy ape she shall pursue it with the soul of love. And ere I take this charm from her sight as I can take it with another herb I’ll make her render up her page to me. Shakespeare.2.1.177-185¨ Before Oberon uses the flower he and Titania were already in a argument about the Indian boy. When Oberon uses the flower on Titania the next morning Titania falls in madly love with Nick Bottom, whose head has recently been transformed into the head of a donkey. While Titania is in love with Nick Oberon requests for Titania to give him the Indian boy, she agrees and fulfills the request. Unlike Oberon expected chaos was quick to ensue between Oberon and Titania, after the spell was removed Titania was still angry at Oberon. Titania was angry because Oberon ¨stole¨ the Indian kid, and Oberon supposedly loved Hippolyta more than
When Oberon ordered Puck to anoint Demetrius, he anointed Lysander, therefore causing chaos among the lovers! Puck was the one making his own choices based on his knowledge. Secondly, when Titania ordered the fairies to serve Bottom, she was under the love potion. Since she madly pursued Bottom, she didn’t truly know what she was doing, which caused chaos!. Though it may seem like Bottom and Oberon were controlling, they are both at the
Titania has been giving all of her time and affection to a “changeling” child, left in the custody of Titania. Not only is Oberon jealous that Titania no longer gives affection or time to him, but Oberon selfishly wants the boy to be employed as his henchman. When Titania refuses to disclose the boy’s location to Oberon, Oberon devises a plan to use magic on Titania by forcing her to fall in love with the next living creature she lays her eyes upon. How this is supposed to lead to the boy, I have no idea. But Titania ends up falling in love with an Athenian man who has the head of a donkey; using the strange donkey-love distraction, Oberon is able to locate and take the boy. Does Oberon want the boy solely for the purpose of employing him as a henchman, or does Oberon wish to rekindle a relationship between himself and Titania that the boy has interrupted? Either way, forcing your wife to fall in love with a donkey man is pretty outrageous and
Unpleasant as Oberon's methods are, we can only judge them by Titania's response. When she wakes up, she is not bitter, but quick to love, 'My Oberon!'. And, to obey, when he asks for music she immediately cries, 'Music, ho! Music, such as charmeth sleep!'
In conclusion, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare effectively uses the motifs of the seasons, the moon, and dreams to show that love, irrationality, and disobedience directly cause chaos. By calling to mind the seasons in unnatural order, describing the moon behaving strangely, and discussing the dualistic, irrational nature of dreams, Shakespeare effectively evokes a sense of chaos and disorder. Linking each of these motifs to the themes of love, irrationality, and disobedience allows Shakespeare to illustrate the disarray that is bound to result from any romance.
The magic of Puck changes the head of Bottom into that of a donkey. Puck’s own use magic adds more humor to the already comical and over-confident character of Bottom. Puck’s magic also creates a great deal of humor in the dealings of Bottom and Titania. The contrasted humor is clearly shown as Titania weaves flowers into the hair of Bottom’s donkey like head. Titania is a beautiful and delicate creature, while Bottom is completely grotesque. Magic creates an unreal image of Bottom, which in turn creates a comical contrast between Bottom and Titania. As part of the already comical sub-plot, Bottom’s altering through magic adds even more humor to the overall play.
Throughout A Midsummer Night’s Dream the theme of conflict with authority is apparent and is the cause of the problems that befall the characters. It also is used to set the mood of the play. The passage below spoken by Theseus in the opening of the play clearly states this theme.
However, the ideal relationships are not immune to experiencing unharmonious periods. Despite this, the ideal couples eventually found harmony which allowed them to experience a joyous ending. Lysander and Hermia have a harmonious relationship in that they display similar desires and mindsets. In the beginning, after declaring their love for one another Lysander and Hermia devise a plan to run away and elope (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1.1.156-178). Even when they are not of the same mindset Hermia and Lysander find an amicable solution. After becoming lost in the forest, Lysander’s desire is for them to sleep together, Hermia refuses for fear of the disgrace that would be placed upon her if for some reason they did not become married. Even though Lysander is a reluctant he respects her wishes (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.47-67). On the other hand, the relationship between Oberon and Titania in spite of being plagued by dysfunction comes to a harmonious agreement. At the beginning Titania and Oberon are quarreling over the control of an Indian changeling boy (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.18-31). While under the influence of an enchantment that Oberon had placed on her Titania relinquishes the control of the changeling boy to Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 4.1.56-60). After the enchantment is removed from her Titania no longer has feelings of defiance toward Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s
Bottom and Titania's crazy relationship is the result of a love spell that Oberon cast on Titania. Oberon decides in order to get the Changeling boy from Titania he will have to distract her from her flower child. The
Many people think that it is easy to control a person, but in reality you won’t be able to predict what the person is going to do after you have controlled him or her. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play with a concept about control. Shakespeare shows us that it is not possible to control a person’s actions, because the results may be misleading and most likely tragic.
Love, lust and infatuation all beguile the senses of the characters in this dreamy and whimsical work of Shakespeare, and leads them to act in outlandish ways, which throughly amuses the reader. True love does prevail in the end for Hermia and Lysander, and the initial charm of infatuation ends up proving to have happy consequence for Helena and Demetrius as well. Even when at first the reader thinks that, in theory, the effects the potion will wear off and Lysander will once again reject Helena, Oberon places a blessings on all the couples that they should live happily ever after.
Oberon is in the woods and sees Demetrius and Helena fighting. Oberon calls Puck over and tells him to go get a little western flower that cupid shot with a love arrow. When Puck returns Oberon says “Anoint his eyes,but do it when the next thing he espies may be the lady. ”(2-1-261-63) What Oberon is really saying is
Though, there is a desire for retribution on King Oberon’s part because he did not receive the little Indian boy from his wife, it does not stem from a great betrayal, such as Jason’s violation of his and Medea’s marriage. But instead, from his need of not getting what he wants, which is why he plots to make Queen Titania falls love with the first thing she sees, which is Bottom who is dressed as a donkey. The element of revenge is comical here because no one dies, thus, leaving out the sadness that is associated with Greek Tragedies. In addition, Oberon does not wish for Titania to remain under the love spell, only long enough for her to embarrass herself and for her to give up the young Indian boy to
In the story, there is a man named Egeus who is the father and authority of the individual named Hermia. Egeus and Hermia struggle with the imbalances of their relationship. For example, Egeus has selected for Hermia a gentleman he believes is best for her. Hermia refuses to wed the selected man, despite her father’s wishes because she believes she is in love with another man. Egeus disapproves and does
In William Shakespeare’s book, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, magic is a powerful and useful tool for the characters that have the capability to use it. Some of the characters abuse the power of magic, while others are more responsible in how they use it. Oberon is one the characters that abuses the power of magic. Oberon’s magic has an immense impact on the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More specifically, Oberon’s magic affects his own life, the lives of other characters, and all the characters in the story experience his magic differently. We will see that even the person who has power to use the magic can become surprised by it. Magic, the ultimate supernatural power, is often unpredictable and inexplicable.
That relationship would truly be considered horrible, as they were a royal and a commoner together which was not allowed, and he had the head of a donkey! When Oberon saw them he pitied Titania and reversed the spell. She was disgusted and Bottom wrote it off as a dream. Their relationship resembles maybe a modern-day gold digger situation. Bottom was very confused about her love for him but he went along with it anyway and let her pamper him.